A vegetable juicer may well be the most vital piece of kitchen equipment you invest in. You are bombarded with facts about all the 'sins' in your family's daily diet. You constantly hear about too much meat, too high a percentage of fat and sugar, and too many processed foods. You probably fear all the dreaded diseases that supposedly will come your way as a result. The question is how to achieve a different 'recipe', with a health-changing result, in the rush of everyday living. A simple solution is within your reach. If your family balks at the thought of ingesting the required five to nine portions of fruit and vegetables a day, make using a vegetable juicer a family project.
Eating mounds of greens, or crunching through cupfuls of carrots, isn't a proposal that will win you much support at home. However,
extract the juice and the task doesn't seem nearly as daunting. Even children will love the colorful, nutritious juices. A more concentrated, natural form of life-giving enzymes, minerals and vitamins will be hard to find. Fresh vegetable juice has energy-generating power. It improves well-being, can help to manage a variety of ailments, and is an anti-aging cocktail. It aids digestion, is effective as part of a weight-loss program, and has a myriad other benefits.
Deciding which vegetable juicer or
juice extractor to buy, will depend entirely on your needs. These are just some of the factors you may want to take into consideration:
1. The space you have available.
2. How often you will use the vegetable juicer.
4. Ease of assembly and disassembly.
5. The different functions of the juicer.
6. The noise level when in use.
7. How time-consuming the cleaning process is.
8. The back-up offered by the manufacturer.
9. The price, which can be anything from $80 to $3000.10. Your physical strength and stamina.
As far as juice quality is concerned, your choice will be influenced by your knowledge of and beliefs about aspects such as the heat generated during processing, the amount of oxidation present, the taste and flavor of the juice, juice stability, nutrient extraction efficiency, and nutrient retention.A single-gear or twin-gear masticating vegetable juicer runs at a lower speed and generates less heat. This preserves all the goodness in the juice and minimizes oxidation.